Ghetto slave labourers for the Nazis still waiting for promised payout

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Tens of thousands of people who toiled for the Nazis in Second World War ghettos have still not received any payment from the German Government eight years after legislation was passed to compensate them.

The plight of the slave labourers, forced to work in medieval-style ghettos, was highlighted in the film Schindler’s List. Those who did not die of disease, hunger or mistreatment provided valuable industrial labour for the Reich’s war effort — a fact acknowledged through the 2002 Ghetto Pensions Law, which promised financial recompense. However, 90 per cent of claims have been dismissed, while payment on many of